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Souq Al Janabi (Dagger Market), Najran. December 2016 Souq al Janabi in Najran is unique in the Kingdom as being one of the last...

Coffee by the sea, Asilah. December 2019 Street art, Asilah. December 2019 One of the recommended day-trips from Tangier was the little...

Penang Hill View. December 2005 On my first visit to Penang back in 1986 with Masaaki, one of the highlights was Penang Hill. I have...

Vietri Sul Mare, Amalfi Coast. January 2019 Cold decisions As per my transportation bad luck on that holiday to Naples, Trenitalia and I...

Old Khaybar, Medina Province. December 2017 Khaybar is old. The modern city along Saudi National Route 15 is totally unremarkable. ...

Al Alam Palace, Muscat, Oman. March 2015 Qaboos bin Said Al Said The people's Sultan was an absolute monarch and Sultan Qaboos was...

Zero Point, Shari River, Sylhet. (the hills are India) Shari River, Sylhet. March 2014 [from FB post: March 30, 2014] This is one of...

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha. March 2015 Wow! The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha Qatar proves that old adage - with unlimited money and...

M*A*S*H studio set, Malibu Creek State Park, California (not my photo) [from FB post: December 15, 2017] Snippets of Reality My friend...

Gallery Place/Chinatown. December 2021 In 1976, the inaugural stretch of the Red Line ran from Rhode Island Avenue to Farragut North...

Old Cathedral, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand. January 1993 Christchurch, New Zealand was the last stop on our two-week, rushed...

Old City Wall, Meknes, Morocco. December 2019 Meknes is the forgotten sister city of Fes even though it is older and equally as grand. I...

From Hejaz Railway Station along Route 375, Medina Provice. December 2017 If Syria finally calms down and Jordan and Saudi Arabia wanted...

Lakshmi Video, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. January 2011 Syncretism I just loved this sign. Lakshmi the Hindu Goddess of Wealth...

Ercolano January 2019 One of the problems of winter tourism is short days. Of course, I wanted to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum BOTH,...

Sri Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, India. January 2015 Madurai is often mentioned as one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the...

Sadd Al Bint Dam, Khaybar, Medina Province. December 2017 On the drive north from Medina to the Black & White Volcanoes [see: Black &...

Bahrain Fort, Bahrain. March 2015 Bahrain Fort Most of Bahrain is NOT pedestrian friendly. On my visit there, I was looking for places...

Jaflong Zero Point, Goyain River. March 2014 (Bangladesh to the left, India to the right) [from FB post: March 30, 2014] This is the...